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Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 08:01 am EST : |   |
Well, maybe that is why I've resisted on buying a wisteria, cuz I wouldn't know where to plant it. LOL
But I just love them and saw them up close in New Orleans on a tour of the heiress of Pillsbury or was it Sears company and they have a mansion and land that the state or volunteers keep up.
I think it is called Longwood or something like that...lol
Anyway, I loved the wisteria there and I loved the scent close up too. Only I was just there for a tour. hehe!
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 08:04 am EST : | |
Roelie, I love your fascination and your multi blue and the other one with it. Very pretty!
Bug, your wisteria is YUMMY! lol The deal about root systems also goes with Aspens. They can break up a sidewalk I am told. So I plant birches instead. They don't send off a bunch of off shoots.
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
Gardenbug
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 08:12 am EST : | |
OOps! I don't grow wisteria Karalyn. Too cold here.
Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b |
Spider
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 10:13 am EST : | |
Birches just drain all the moisture and nutrients out of the area for about 50 feet around, that's all. I have inherited several and am in the process of trying to get rid of the awful things. They were lovely when they were all around in Finland but in my garden, a definite no-no. I chopped one down a couple of years ago as an experiment and you'd be amazed at what has sprung into life around the remains of the trunk. One of the worst weeds in my garden, I have to confess. Loathsome things.
Spider
- North Lincolnshire,
Zone "UK"
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Ton_hannink
My Garden
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 10:54 am EST : | |
The wisteria is very fragrant and I like it. Be aware with roots and shoots. You will find young plants everywhere. Every year I have to prune the plant three times a year and I get three times flowers.
Ton_hannink The Netherlands |
Ingwe4
My Favorite Photo
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 11:09 am EST : | |
My Wisteria survives the Winters here in Sweden but refuses to have flowers......
Ingmarie Sweden Zone 1
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Roelie
My Garden
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 12:34 pm EST : | |
Ingmarie then you have to do something . If he turns to the right then you must wind the plant back and force him to wind to the left . Do you understand it ?? The other problem can be that is tat the plant is not grown as they do with roses. a plant on another plant. I cannot find my dictionary I will look for the just word to-morrow.
Roelie
- Overijssel,
Zone "Holland"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 01:25 pm EST : | |
I'm not sure about which is which, but one kind of wisteria grows clockwise, the other counter clockwise. Perhaps this is the difference between Chinese and Japanese varieties?
In any case, the flowering is often a problem and many articles have been written with proposed solutions. I was told that it sometimes takes a plant 7 years to get to the flowering stage. Mine obviously needed more than 7 years. I moved away, never to see it bloom. I was starting to espalier it against a fence.
Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b |
Spider
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 12:54 am EST : | |
Roelie - a 'graft' is the word.
Spider
- North Lincolnshire,
Zone "UK"
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Marciam
My Favorite Photo
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 04:45 am EST : | |
The wisteria is lovely. How long is the flowering season? Does anyone know if deer eat it? Of course, they eat everything, but do they prefer it?
Marcia, Pennsylvania Zone 5 |
Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 08:16 am EST : | |
Spider, I'm so sorry about your birches.
What particular kind do you get? Because there are so many.
I love them cuz you can plant a certain kind close to your house or building and just prune the branches at the bottom. I love the bark and leaves.
They are grown everywhere in Idaho, but also aspen until the people find out that there are offshoots. But some like that for a barrier.
I would think aspens would take up a lot of water too.
Sometimes we aren't as lucky as you with your birches. They sometimes die, I think mainly from bugs. So I search for the ones that are disease resistant and other good qualities. But if the tree dies, the wood is quite pretty for making stands for birdhouses, or christmas decor, etc. 
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
Spider
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 08:33 am EST : | |
I'd love a woodland area if I had the space and there would certainly be birches there but there is no question here about the competition and if it comes down to clems or birch, the birch goes. Fortunately, there are plenty of other trees which are nowhere near as greedy!
Spider
- North Lincolnshire,
Zone "UK"
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Roelie
My Garden
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 09:47 am EST : | |
Yes Spider indeed I need the word graft. Thank you. I like birches very much in the garden from another bu not close to my garden. They give a lot of mesh. My brother had one and I was glad when he got rid of the tree. I think also the yellow wisteria gives mores mesh. He also had one and that tree is also gone. Not only the flowers of the wisteria are beautifully also the buds . I believe all together it takes 6 - 8 weeks
Roelie
- Overijssel,
Zone "Holland"
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